Coding jobs are projected to grow faster than jobs in general, or even IT jobs;

Coding jobs pay an average of $22,000 per year more than other “career track” positions; and,

Jobs across a wide range of careers demand coding skills.

That is one of the most intriguing findings from our research so far: the need to actually program a computer, as opposed to merely using one, has spread far beyond computer science. Careers from engineering to art and design demand the use of programming. So students with all kinds of different ambitions may want to understand what’s going on behind the keyboard.